EVERY LITTLE HELPS; SUPERSTORES SLAMMED IN VOUCHERS-FOR-SCHOOLS STORM pounds 296,000 - cost of pounds 650 computer in scheme.(News)

From: Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: May 11, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: BY LAURA WRIGHT

A SUPERMARKET voucher scheme was under fire last night after the astonishing spend required to buy even the most basic items was revealed.

Superstore chains Tesco and Sainsbury's offer parents a voucher for every pounds 10spent to help schools acquire equipment from PCs to marker pens.

But families...

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